Readings 3/8/2012 - Writing to Read = Reading to Write?

    Readings:   Gallagher Ch 1

                     Writing Next Report                                  
                     Writing to Read Report


'Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers.  My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.  There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.'  ~Flannery O'Connor

This weeks reading were very interesting as the were all connected and focused on the role of teachers in writing instruction. The readings also discussed the challenges of teaching writing and gave suggestions on how to overcome these. 


I summarized this weeks readings in the form of a mind map (my latest fancy) and thought it would be interesting to share the mind map instead of re-writing my thoughts into paragraph format. Click on image to enlarge.

The readings had a bit in common and some missed some essential points that the others pointed out. As I read I began to understand that writing is not a natural process as I had previously thought, but the best practices of the art actually come about through explicit instruction.